Princess Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie were all in mortal peril. They had been captured by the changelings and taken to their kingdom. Because of Chrysalis’ throne, only the changelings could use their magic. That meant the girls were doomed.
Trapped in a cage together, the Mane 6 were presented to Chrysalis who looked down at them with a smug expression.
“Well, well, well...the Elements of Harmony. Now, you are all at my mercy...” Chrysalis smiled as she hovered down and landed, facing the cage.
“Open up this cage, Chrysalis!” Rainbow Dash demanded.
“Hm, no. I don’t think so. I think I’d rather you stay in there,” Crysalis retorted.
“You coward!” Rainbow Dash spat.
“I’m evil. I don’t play fair,” Chrysalis laughed.
“What are you planning, Chrysalis?” Twilight Sparkle asked.
“Oh, must everything I do involve an elaborate plan? No, this is about revenge and nothing else!” Chrysalis declared. “You foiled my plan and now you will all suffer!”
“What will you do with us?” Fluttershy asked as she trembled.
“Oh, I’ll keep you all here. I’ll keep you all here while my changelings take your place in Ponyville. My changelings here will absorb all the love you have until you are nothing more than husks!” answered Chrysali cruelly.
“How dreadful!” Rarity gasped.
“I’m evil. It’s how I roll,” Chrysali retorted.
“You dang dirty bug! When we get out of here, you’re going to pay!” Applejack yelled.
“You won’t get away with this, Chrysalis,” Twilight Sparkle glared.
“Why? Because your ‘Magic of Friendship’ will save you? Please, I’ve already won! Now, please enjoy your accommodations and-”
“Pfft!”
Chrysalis paused and the Mane 6 looked to see a big ball of pink fluff next to Chrysalis.
“What the hay is that?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Where did it come from?” Fluttershy asked.
“Oh my gosh! It’s so FLUFFY!”
The pink ball of fluff moved as a head popped out the front and a four legs popped out the bottom. It looked like a pony, covered in long and thick fluffy fur. The weird fluffy pony looked up at Chrysalis with sparkling eyes and a smile as she rubbed her face against Chrysalis’ left foreleg. The ruler of the changelings blushed as she gently nudged the fluffy pony away.
“Fluffy, I can’t play right now. I’m working,” Chrysalis told the fluffy pony gently.
“Pfft,” the fluffy pony responded.
“I know I promised to go out with you, but I’m gloating to my captured enemies,” Chrysalis continued.
“Pfft. Pfft.”
“They are not guests. They are my prisoners. So I’m not going to introduce you to them,” Chrysalis spoke sternly.
The fluffy pony’s eyes went wide as her bottom lip trembled.
“You know that won’t work anymore, Fluffy...” Chrysalis gritted out as she tried to resist.
The fluffy pony continued.
“OK! OK! Fine! I’ll introduce you! You’re so lucky you’re cute.”
The fluffy pony gasped happily and Chrysalis smiled as she booped the creature on the nose.
The Mane 6 were speechless as they saw the interaction.
“Twilight, am I hallucinating?” Rarity asked.
“If you are, so am I, because we’re all seeing the same thing,” answered Twilight.
“Oh my. But what is that?” Fluttershy asked.
“It’s a pony!” exclaimed Pinkie Pie excitedly.
“Weirdest pony I’ve ever seen,” Applejack remarked.
“Looks like a pink dust bunny to me,” stated Rainbow Dash.
Chrysalis cleared her throat and said, “Alright, Elements of Harmony. Allow me to introduce my pet Fluffle Puff.”
“Pfft!” Fluffle Puff blew a raspberry.
“I’m sorry, but did you say ‘pet’?” Twilight asked carefully.
“Yes, my pet,” Chrysalis affirmed. “Where do you think I get the love I need?”
Fluffle Puff nuzzled Chrysalis’ side. It was a weirdly adorable sight and Chrysalis sighed.
“OK, what kind of evil brainwashing magic did you use on her?” Rainbow Dash glared.
“None, believe it or not. She came to me,” Chrysalis confessed.
“Yeah, right! Who would even like something as ugly as you?” Rainbow Dash spat.
Fluffle Puff trotted to the cage and put on a angry face as she hissed at Rainbow Dash. The blue pegasus recoiled at the reaction.
“Good girl, Fluffy. You’ve learnt how to hiss like a real changeling,” Chrysalis praised proudly.
Fluffle Puff beamed under the praise.
“So, she’s not a changeling?” asked Twilight Sparkle. She was fascinated, really, even in her captivity.
“Fluffy here is from a race known as fluffy ponies. They all look like giant fuzzballs,” Chrysalis explained.
“Pfft! Pfft!” Fluffle Puff blew a raspberry, which made Chrysalis blush.
“So, how did you two meet?” Fluttershy asked.
“Oh, it was after my changelings and I were blasted out of Canterlot. I was injured, but Fluffy here nursed me back to health,” Chrysalis answered.
“I don’t believe it,” Applejack deadpanned.
“Neither did I, but she did. When I woke up, she was bandaging me up. Believe me, it was humiliating for me to be looked after by a mere pony, but she insisted to take care of me until I got back to my feet.”
“And then you kidnapped her,” Applejack accused.
“No, she followed me home,” Chrysalis countered. “It turns out she...she...”
“She loves you,” Twilight finished.
Fluffle Puff nodded happily.
“Yes, believe me. I was shocked as well. I didn’t even need to disguise myself. She loved me for me, which is quite a strange thing,” Chrysalis said.
“Pfft!” Fluffle Puff said and Chrysalis’ eyes widened.
“You want me to release them? I can’t do that! This is for my revenge!”
“Pfft?”
“Then what? Well I really didn’t think far beyond using their duplicates to gather love for me and my hive, but rest assured I will have one. We could take Celestia and Luna and replace them as well!”
“Pfft, pfft?”
“Oh, the sun and moon? Well, we could force them to raise the sun and moon for us,” Chrysalis said.
“Pfft.”
“What do you mean it won’t work in the long run?”
“Pfft, pfft. Pfft pfft pfft...”
The Mane 6 watched the weird conversation in fascination.
“This has to be the weirdest thing I’ve seen today,” said Rainbow Dash.
“Indeed, Rainbow. How could anypony love Chrysalis is beyond me,” Rarity responded.
“It’s kind of adorable,” said Fluttershy uncertainly. “I think.”
“Well, what I want to know is what the fuzzball is saying,” said Applejack.
The cage door opened with green magic.
Chrysalis sighed, “Alright, you’re all free to go.”
“Wait, what?” Twilight Sparkle asked.
“Fluffy here told me that keeping you here would not help me at all. In fact, even without magic, you ponies will come up with a way to defeat me, somehow,” said Chrysalis.
“Is that really it?” Twilight Sparkle questioned.
“She...she also threatened...” Chrysalis mumbled.
Fluffle Puff was holding a crayon in her mouth and writing on a piece of paper. She then held it up so the ponies could see.
“‘No more cuddles’,” Twilight Sparkle read. “Seriously?”
Chrysalis blushed furiously and yelled, “Her love tastes the best when we’re cuddling, alright!”
“But you can get love from anypony...”
“Well, you’re not a changeling, so you haven’t tasted this kind of love!”
“You’re addicted.”
“Guards. Take these ponies away! And I mean let them go! I have something to do!” Chrysalis stomped away.
Fluffle Puff approached the Mane 6 with a smile. She waved at them before she skipped after Chrysalis.
“So, what do we do now?” Fluttershy asked uncertainly.
“I guess we go home,” Twilight Sparkle answered.
“But we can’t just leave that pink little filly here, can we?” Applejack asked.
“I think she feels right at home,” Pinkie Pie smiled. “Just a feeling.”